Commercial

Ezob seeks to bolster intermediary presence

Ezbob is looking to hire development managers and a marketing manager. This is part of...

Registration open for Financial Services Expo Manchester

Front Events has revealed that visitor registration for May’s Financial Services Expo (FSE) Manchester...

Omega Commercial partners with Oliver Rae Associates

Omega Commercial has embarked upon a new strategic partnership with property capital allowances services...

Shawbrook Bank adds new products for property professionals

Shawbrook Bank is launching two new products for property professionals to make the...

Shawbrook becomes NACFB’s principal sponsor

The National Association of Commercial Finance Brokers (NACFB) has appointed Shawbrook Bank as its...

Marketing appointment for secured lender

Jerrold Holdings, the group that offers loans through brands including Blemain Finance, Lancashire Mortgage...

Quartet joins Aldermore

Aldermore has made four further appointments to its senior asset finance team. Sean Jones...

All commercial expo stands sold out

All exhibitor stands are now sold out for the 5th National Association of Commercial...

15% annual price rises for farmland

Farmland prices reached another record high during the final six months of 2013, rising...

With short term loans, you get the long end of the stick

Shawbrook’s Commercial Mortgages division recently undertook the second of its quarterly broker surveys. The...

EZBOB becomes NACFB patron

EZBOB, the short term commercial lender, which works with brokers through commercial specialist, Liquidity...

Govt makes £40m investment via P2P lender

The British Business Bank programme is making a new £40 million investment through peer-to-peer...

Aldermore expands property development team

Aldermore Bank has promoted Simon Knowles to head of property development and has appointed...

City of London sees 31% annual rent rise

City of London landlords are receiving £1,059 more each month than in January 2013...

COMMENT

The rise of larger deposits

The first-time buyer profile is changing. Increasingly, buyers are entering the market with larger deposits than at any point in recent years as many...

Is life insurance too confusing to buy?

While there are peaks and troughs depending on where we look, the UK life insurance market is typically quite flat, including mortgage-related protection. Recent data...

Why the government’s housing ambitions won’t fix the affordability crisis

With the bidding open for the government’s £39bn Social and Affordable Homes Programme - the main pillar of its long-term housing strategy - homebuying...

Kevin Tunnicliffe on ending the race to the bottom

This was always going to be a tricky interview. I’ve known Kevin Tunnicliffe, chief executive officer of Sort Group, which includes Sort Refer, for...

Beyond the Robo-Adviser: why the future of mortgages is ‘Human Plus’

The fintech industry is obsessing over a binary choice: the traditional human broker or the fully automated 'robo-adviser'. But as we navigate the complexities...

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Click2Check adds ID verification to adviser compliance platform

Click2Check has added an identity verification service to its digital compliance platform, aimed at...

Atom points to growing near-prime hurdle for first-time buyers

First-time buyers with thin credit files or minor historic credit issues are becoming a...

Landlords move to regain possession before Renters’ Rights Act changes

Landlords stepped up possession activity in March as the 1 May implementation of the...

The Marsden appoints chief customer officer

Marsden Building Society has appointed Julia Brook as chief customer officer. Brook (pictured) will be...

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